Smyth says in 2478 that ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ is used with the optative "commonly when τίς is the subject",and that ὥσπερ ἂν "represents the suppressed apodosis (here a potential optative) to the condition with εἰ".

What is the suppressed apodosis here? This commentary (p.120 B.) suggests it was something with ποιούμενος.Maybe something like this: ὥσπερ ἄν τις ποιοῖ εἰ εἴποι » "just as (one might make) if one would say that..." ?